造謠生事

Chinese

		to fabricate stories; to start a fake rumour	to make trouble; to create a disturbance
trad. (造謠生事)		造謠	生事
simp. (造谣生事)		造谣	生事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zàoyáoshēngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ jiu⁴ sang¹ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàoyáoshēngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàoyáoshengshìh
  - Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-yao²-shêng¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: dzàu-yáu-shēng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawyaushengshyh
  - Palladius: цзаояошэнши (czaojaošɛnši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ jiu⁴ sang¹ si⁶
  - Yale: jouh yìuh sāng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ jiu⁴ sang¹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ yiu⁴ seng¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² jiːu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ siː²²/

Idiom

造謠生事

to cause trouble by spreading rumours
- 他們可能利用和歪曲我們的方針，故意提出無理的要求來煽動群眾，或者故意造謠生事，破壞社會的正常秩序。 [MSC, trad.]
  他们可能利用和歪曲我们的方针，故意提出无理的要求来煽动群众，或者故意造谣生事，破坏社会的正常秩序。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Tāmen kěnéng lìyòng hé wāiqū wǒmen de fāngzhēn, gùyì tíchū wúlǐ de yāoqiú lái shāndòng qúnzhòng, huòzhě gùyì zàoyáoshēngshì, pòhuài shèhuì de zhèngcháng zhìxù. [Pinyin]
  They are apt to take advantage of our policies and distort them, and deliberately put forward unreasonable demands in order to incite the masses, or deliberately spread rumours to create trouble and disrupt public order.

Synonyms

造謠生非／造谣生非 (zàoyáoshēngfēi)

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